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i mean what is it about florida? >> well, no. the counties would have delivered the vote way before this. now, there may be an automatic recount triggered by the florida statute, but to deliver the initial vote four days later, there's something grievously wrong in florida. and governor scott ought to empanel a bipartisan commission to look at all of florida's election laws. for example, the weekend before, closing the weekend before closing down the early voting in miami. it was an absolute disgrace and embarrassment, an infringement on our right to vote and our ability to vote. florida needs a thorough examination of all of their election laws. >>> all right. let's get to what happened tuesday. your take away, governor, on what happened. how did the president register a decisive win and why did republicans think they had a chance in pa? >> it goes back to the enthusiasm gap, alex. the enthusiasm gap never exested. there's an old saying a tepid vote counts as much as a wildly enthusiastic vote. the president's ground operation,
i mean what is it about florida? >> well, no. the counties would have delivered the vote way before this. now, there may be an automatic recount triggered by the florida statute, but to deliver the initial vote four days later, there's something grievously wrong in florida. and governor scott ought to empanel a bipartisan commission to look at all of florida's election laws. for example, the weekend before, closing the weekend before closing down the early voting in miami. it was an...
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they'd driven in not just from florida, but also michigan, virginia, arkansas, and elsewhere. they brought tools, fuel, even spare utility poles. early every morning, the workers show up for another 16-hour day; dispatchers distribute their marching orders; and then the trucks roll out for destinations around new jersey. it's almost like a military operation. >> the moving a small army of guys some as far south of miami to south of miami up to new jersey. that say logistical accomplishment in itself. >> reporter: ralph grant of florida power and light is in new jersey to supervise operations around the company's high-tech mobile command center. his company, naturally, has a lot of experience dealing with hurricanes. but snowstorms like the one that blanketed the northeast on wednesday are brand new to many of the company's workers. >> it isn't quite what we expected when we came up for hurricane restoreation. >> all of the utility >> reporter: all of the utility workers that we spoke to said its an incredibly rewarding feeling once they've managed to restore power to customers
they'd driven in not just from florida, but also michigan, virginia, arkansas, and elsewhere. they brought tools, fuel, even spare utility poles. early every morning, the workers show up for another 16-hour day; dispatchers distribute their marching orders; and then the trucks roll out for destinations around new jersey. it's almost like a military operation. >> the moving a small army of guys some as far south of miami to south of miami up to new jersey. that say logistical...
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in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, florida, and virginia. i would also throw out that there were several democratic senate nominee is who were elected, who benefited from a substantial african-american vote. more than a quarter of the votes in missouri were african- american. sherrod brown, and in ohio, almost more than 30% of his votes were from african- americans. bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate candidates this year dovetails very nicely with president obama's campaign in terms of turning out african- american voters. i the guy will stop there and entertain questions >> do we have any questions? >> [inaudible] what are your thoughts on some of the patterns you see in terms of that regional stuff? is there anything that jumps out at you? >> last year at this time, i was presenting a paper called resegregation in southern politics. i have not had the chance this morning to look at arkansas, at the state legislature. i know all members of the st
in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, florida, and virginia. i would also throw out that there were several democratic senate nominee is who were elected, who benefited from a substantial african-american vote. more than a quarter of the votes in missouri were african- american. sherrod brown, and in ohio, almost more than 30% of his votes were from african- americans. bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate...
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if you look at colorado, ohio, florida, new mexico, arizona these states are becoming blue states because of the latino vote. joe, i just got to be of the view that mitt romney, if he took one lesson away from this, is that he was completely wrong in the emgrace of embrace of that view and it cost him the presidency. >> that is the lesson. they just have to look at the table and look at long-term friends, the republican base rather, of older white voters is going to be a distinct minority. it's been going down every year as a portion of the electorate, and it's going to be very small 2025 and so looking out it behooves them to resolve this sooner than later. they're going to have a problem battling the jan brewers of the world and the base in trying to convince them because it's been so hard for them to hear reality so far this election cycle even though the statistics point to the fact that this is the way to go. you still have a lot of voices out there who are saying we don't want to do it, and we're going to fight for the last person. that last person may get. but certainly they're goi
if you look at colorado, ohio, florida, new mexico, arizona these states are becoming blue states because of the latino vote. joe, i just got to be of the view that mitt romney, if he took one lesson away from this, is that he was completely wrong in the emgrace of embrace of that view and it cost him the presidency. >> that is the lesson. they just have to look at the table and look at long-term friends, the republican base rather, of older white voters is going to be a distinct...
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we look at what's wrong with florida when it comes to voting. >> yes, florida has been there before. in 2000, we had the hanging chads. >> in 2004, problems with the then new and improved touch screen system. and this year, the simpler paper bat loll, and each page has to be fed into a scanner, and the equipment could not keep up. >> waited in line for a very long time. by the way we have to fix that. >> from south florida to the state capital, florida voters say they're embarrassed. >> they don't call it fli rflor for nothing. >> it can't be that hard, if the rest of the country can do it, why can't we? >> it makes us think our vote doesn't count. >> the problems brought one country supervisor of elections to tears. >> i will do whatever it takes to ensure this does not happen again in lee county. >> and for late night comics, new material. >> some people had to wait five or six hours to vote there. what goes on in florida? they had four years to fix this and four years before that. we need to make sure florida never gets the olympics. >> this may make sense if you've been in florid
we look at what's wrong with florida when it comes to voting. >> yes, florida has been there before. in 2000, we had the hanging chads. >> in 2004, problems with the then new and improved touch screen system. and this year, the simpler paper bat loll, and each page has to be fed into a scanner, and the equipment could not keep up. >> waited in line for a very long time. by the way we have to fix that. >> from south florida to the state capital, florida voters say they're...
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the romney campaign has conceded the race in florida. and for the first time since superstorm sandy hit new york, the lights on the statute of liberty were on. it is still closed. >>> in new jersey, chris christie says most areas of the state will have power by tonight. about 160,000 lost power because of the nor'easter that hit this week. >> life will be back for most of new jersey to normal come sunday. why do i mean, let's start with power. we backtracked slightly due to the nor'easter, after talking to them last night and this morning, my belief is that we will have almost 100% restoration by saturday night. >> you saw those dreadfully long lines on election day, how can we forget them, right? so what can states do to make sure that it doesn't happen again? or should the federal government maybe step in? it's an option and we're talking about it next. what if there was a new way to deal with money that focused less on fees and more... on what matters? maybe your bank account is taking too much time and maybe it's costing too much mon
the romney campaign has conceded the race in florida. and for the first time since superstorm sandy hit new york, the lights on the statute of liberty were on. it is still closed. >>> in new jersey, chris christie says most areas of the state will have power by tonight. about 160,000 lost power because of the nor'easter that hit this week. >> life will be back for most of new jersey to normal come sunday. why do i mean, let's start with power. we backtracked slightly due to the...
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. >>> staying with politics, there's still no call in the presidential election in florida where officials continue to sort through ballots and a bid to finalize the vote tallies. cnn has yet to project a winner but yet with 97% of precincts reporting president obama has a 64,000 vote lead over mitt romney. unofficial results must be submitted by noon today. when it comes to the national popular vote, the president's margin of vktry has now increased. he holds a 51% to 48% edge over governor romney. that's up from a tie on election night. >>> we've got much more ahead this hour. >> here's a quick look at what's coming up. >>> as of tuesday, smoking pot without a medical reason is now legal in two states. for now, the feds aren't budging, so why is one career drug agent applauding the new laws? >>> the new majority. the women's choice. battles over voting rights. tuesday's election revealed new lessons. all morning, we'll put what we learned in focus. >>> businesses closed to grieve and students protesting on campus and bosses firing their workers. why obama's victory sparked hysteria among
. >>> staying with politics, there's still no call in the presidential election in florida where officials continue to sort through ballots and a bid to finalize the vote tallies. cnn has yet to project a winner but yet with 97% of precincts reporting president obama has a 64,000 vote lead over mitt romney. unofficial results must be submitted by noon today. when it comes to the national popular vote, the president's margin of vktry has now increased. he holds a 51% to 48% edge over...
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there were french, they sailed to florida, they had the good sense to go to florida in june as opposed to massachusetts in december and they sailed 50 years before the mayflower sailed. they were french huguenots who were escaping the same strife and persecution in france that the pilgrims would try to escape years later but they're nowhere mentioned in any of my childhood history books. they found a colony known as fort caroline of of what is now jacksonville, floridian and a year later, they were not thriving but surviving and planning to stay and that is when spanish king sent and admiral over because he was to be rid of these protestant pirates essentially who were camped out on florida. that is why st. augustine was founded. it is not really a story that st. augustine tells a great deal about when you are there but if you drive 17 miles south of st. augustine will find another national historic site called tons this, a word for scotty is because these french protestants were slaughtered by the spanish founded st. augustine. why with a slotted? partly because they were french but m
there were french, they sailed to florida, they had the good sense to go to florida in june as opposed to massachusetts in december and they sailed 50 years before the mayflower sailed. they were french huguenots who were escaping the same strife and persecution in france that the pilgrims would try to escape years later but they're nowhere mentioned in any of my childhood history books. they found a colony known as fort caroline of of what is now jacksonville, floridian and a year later, they...
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florida, for example. i think it is the poster child for places where republicans were not anticipating that this new latino population would come out and vote. the latino population had a very big effect as well. democrats won house positions in places like illinois, orlando, and even miami dade. the reason why obama was able to hang on to florida was because of non-cuban hispanics and miami dade. >> i think republicans bounced back as well as they could. mitt romney won more than ronald reagan did in 1980. he did better among the college whites. obama dropped from 40 to 32. -- to 36. his margin drop by 80,000 votes since 2008. he had a lot of erosion. mitt romney had no serious plan for talking to nonwhite voters. i visited the campaign officials. they did not know the names of the hispanic outreach. one senior romney advisers said to me, "this is the last time anyone will try to do this." it was almost entirely from the votes of whites. >> looking ahead, the republican party, anytime you lose, there is
florida, for example. i think it is the poster child for places where republicans were not anticipating that this new latino population would come out and vote. the latino population had a very big effect as well. democrats won house positions in places like illinois, orlando, and even miami dade. the reason why obama was able to hang on to florida was because of non-cuban hispanics and miami dade. >> i think republicans bounced back as well as they could. mitt romney won more than ronald...
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we saw it in florida, ohio, pennsylvania. if ever there were a need to justify why having interventions like the voting rights act and other laws are in place, we have that. i think there is now clearly an emerging consensus. how extensive it is, we don't know. i think both republicans and democrats saw those eight hour lines and said you can't have this in kabul and baghdad and now you have it in the united states. we have to address that. >> let me ask this. much of it was not happening in the south. it was happening in plea clearance states. is that exactly the reason to do away with preclearance and say, well, you know, if it's happening in ohio and pennsylvania? >> no. i think that this president absolutely has to use the bully pulpit to an extent. he's a former con law professor to explain to the country why this is so vital and important. when they hear things about supreme court cases, illegal things, they check out. >> they glaze over. >> something that affects everyone. it affects women, it disproportionately affect
we saw it in florida, ohio, pennsylvania. if ever there were a need to justify why having interventions like the voting rights act and other laws are in place, we have that. i think there is now clearly an emerging consensus. how extensive it is, we don't know. i think both republicans and democrats saw those eight hour lines and said you can't have this in kabul and baghdad and now you have it in the united states. we have to address that. >> let me ask this. much of it was not happening...
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i'm calling you from my home in florida. i think just the dirty little secret is that those of us that are making hundreds of thousands of dollars are able to write it off. the money we're paying taxes on, this is not a tax increase, this is something that was sunset years ago. my republican friends have been able to rewrite the language to talk about it as being a complete tax break now, but we're sunsetting something that was supposed to be sunset several years ago. host: do you agree with the president that the election gives him a mandate to raise taxes on the rich? caller: i think mandate might be a pretty strong term, but i remember in the campaign right now, obama was talking about this, the fact that he was going to do this, that he was going to go for this from the very beginning of the campaign. he was right out there with it. mitt romney was certainly campaigning against him because he didn't want this to happen, so the president was very clear and forth right from the start of the campaign that this is what he wa
i'm calling you from my home in florida. i think just the dirty little secret is that those of us that are making hundreds of thousands of dollars are able to write it off. the money we're paying taxes on, this is not a tax increase, this is something that was sunset years ago. my republican friends have been able to rewrite the language to talk about it as being a complete tax break now, but we're sunsetting something that was supposed to be sunset several years ago. host: do you agree with...